LW

THE ENGLISH SOUNDS

Laboratory work 1

TARGET SOUNDS:

Vowels: [], [], []

Consonants: [], [b], [f], [v], [t], [d], [s], [z], [m], [n]

A. Ear-training and Pronunciation Practice

1. Listen to the target sounds on their own and repeat them after the speaker.

//	/p/	/f/	/t/	/s/	/m/
//	/b/	/v/	/d/	/z/	/n/

2. Listen to the vowel [] between the target consonants in the following words. Repeat them after the speaker.

1. monosyllabic:

sp	tp	ft	fst	ms
st	dd	fn	bt	mst

2. polysyllabic:

\s

\vzt

\mnt

3. Listen to the vowel [] after and between the target consonants in the following words. Repeat them after the speaker.

1. monosyllabic:

t

d

s

b

p

v

n

2. polysyllabic:

\

\v

\ndd

4. Compare the length of the vowel [] before a voiced and voiceless consonant in the following words.

p - p

s - s

f - ft

 - 

5. Compare the vowels [] and [] in the following pairs of words. Think of the meaning of the words in each pair.

bt - bt

ft - ft

st - st

6. Study the spelling and pronunciation of the following words and work out the rules of letter-sound correlation for the vowels [] and [].

sin [sn] - scene [si:n]	dip [dp] - deep [di:p]	pit [pt] – Pete [pi:t]
knit [nt] - neat [ni:t]	bid [bd] - bead [bi:d]	did [dd] – deed [di:d]
piece [pi:s]	peace [pi:s]	sieve [sv]

B. Auditory Test

1. You will hear 2 speakers pronouncing 6 pairs of words. If you hear the same word twice, write S (same). If you hear two different words, write D (different).

1________

2________

3________

4________

5________

6________

2. Listen and circle the word you hear.

1. Sit or seat? Do you want to sit / a seat?

2. Niece or knees? What’s wrong with your niece / knees today?

3. Peace or peas? I just want some peace / peas, please.

3. Complete this conversation using the words you hear.

SID: Alice’s (1)__________ (2) ________ nice.

JOE: Her (3) ___________ (4) ________ nice.

SID: I’m not talking about her (5) ________, I’m talking about her (6)_________.

Laboratory work 2

TARGET SOUNDS:

Vowels: [e], []

Consonants: [k], [g], [h], [j]

A. Ear-training and Pronunciation Practice

1. Listen to the target sounds on their own and repeat them after the speaker.

/e/

//

/k/

/g/

/h/

/j/

2. Practice the following words with the target consonants before or after the vowels [], []

a) in initial position in a word:

k	kp	km	kd
kz	ht	ht	kt

b) in final position in a word:

pk

pk

sk

bg

pg

3. Compare the pronunciation of the voiced consonants [g], [d], [z] at the beginning and at the end of a word.

bg - \bg

pg - \fg

fd - \ndd

kz - \z

4. Listen and try to notice the difference between the front vowels [] and [e] in the following pairs of words. Repeat the words after the speaker.

dd - ded

st - set

bt - bet

ms - mes

5. Listen to the target vowel [e] in the words below and repeat them after the speaker.

em	met	den	best
en	vet	ten	vest

6. Compare the length of the vowel [e] before voiced and voiceless consonants a in monosyllabic and polysyllabic words and repeat them after the speaker.

eg - ef

zed - jet

hed - get

send - sent

men - \men

bet - \bet

sent - \sent

7. Listen and try to notice the difference between the front vowels [e] and [] in the following pairs of words. Repeat the words after the speaker.

bet - bd

pen - pn

men - mn

set - st

sed - sd

hed -hd

ges - gs

8. Listen to the target vowel [] in the words below and repeat them after the speaker.

d	tp	bd	md	ft	kp	hm	hd
sd	bg	bk	mp	gp	kn	hz	ht

9. Listen and repeat the words below. Observe “fricative plosion” at the juncture of plosives with the fricative [s].

a) at the end of a word

eks

mks

mkst

sks

kts

mts

kps

p\hps

b) within a word

\mks

\skst

\tks

10. Study the spelling and pronunciation of the following words and work out the rules of letter-sound correlation for the vowel [e] and []:

man [mn]

men [men]

many [\men]

said [sed]

sad [sd]

dead [ded]

B. Auditory Test

1. You will hear 2 speakers pronouncing 10 pairs of words. If you hear the same word twice, write S (same). If you hear two different words, write D (different).

1 ________	2 ________	3 ________	4 ________	5 ________
6 ________	7 ________	8 _______	9 ________	10 _______

2. Listen and circle the word you hear.

1. Man or men? Did you see the man / men?

2. Man or men? Talk to the man / men.

3. Pan or pen? Have you got a pan / pen I could borrow?

4. Bag or back? My bag’s / back’s wet.

3. Complete this conversation using the words you hear.

SID: My wife’s left me. Yes, she took the (1) _________ and drove off. JOE: What did she want the (2) _________ for? SID: I said (3) ___________, you know, a kind of vehicle. JOE: Oh, I see: (4) _____________ with a (5)_______, not (6) __________ with an (7) __________!